Itemized deductions - Real estate taxes

[alekrisum]

Will a taxpayer who does not itemize (long form), but pays his property taxes , be given
the $500 ($1,000- couple) added deduction on his standard deduction like 2008?

[tilt53]

Short & sweet - yes.

[ChEAr$]

Nope

Will a taxpayer who does not itemize (long form), but pays his property taxes , be given
the $500 ($1,000- couple) added deduction on his standard deduction like 2008?

At least not automatically. It really depends on how much one pays, and that may be
less than the limits.

For example I have quite a few older than65 clients who pay no property taxes, so they
are not entitled.

[tilt53]

Well, that's true.

But I guess I unwisely made the assumption (yeah, I know) that the OP was referring to folks who at least paid $500 or $1000.